Wall construction



R. l. ALLSWORTH.

WALL CONSTRUCTION.

APPLICATION HLED APR. 9, 1920.

Patented Aug. 24, 1920.

PATENT 'OFFICE ROBERT I. .ALLSWORTI-I, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

' WALL CONSTRUCTION.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Aug. 24, 1920.

Application filed April 9, 1920. Serial No. 372,53621.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be itknown that I, ROBERT I. ALLs- WORTH, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wall Construction, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a wall construction in which plaster boards are used, the boards being disposed between vertical channel irons extending from the floor toI the ceiling, and a coating of plaster being placed on top of the .boards when in place.

The channel irons which are used in this connection, are channeled on only one face, the opposite face being flat. Therefore, between two vertical irons there is only one slotted face into which .the plaster board can be set, and one object of my invention is to provide a metal clip, which can be attached to the channel iron and which will provide on the normally smooth face of the iron a channeled retaining means adapted to receive one edge of the plaster board.

A further object is to provide an end clip which can be attached at the floor and ceiling to the horizontal channel irons and! thereby connect the vertical and horizontal irons.

In the drawings forming part of this specification and in which like reference characters indicate like parts in the several views Figure l is a vertical section of a wall constructed in accordace with my invention.

Fig. 2 is a cross section on the line 2 2, Fig. l.

Fig. 3 is a cross section on the line 3 3, Fig. 1. i

Fig. 4 is a perspective View of one of my end clips.

Fig. 5 is a cross section view of one of the end clips shown in Fig. 4.

Fig. 6 is a perspective v iew of one of my side clips.

Fig. 7 is a perspective view of a modification of the side clip shown in Fig. 6.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 indicates a series of vertical channel irons in placeas a skeleton structure of a wall. 2 2 indicatey the yhorizontal end irons, the upper one being at the ceiling and the lower one at the floor line. End clips 3, shown in Fig. 4, are provided at the junction point of the vertical and horizontal bars, said end clips comprising an integral structure of sheet metal formed in two sections, one of said sections being disposed at right-angles to the other. Each section has two flanges a 8" depending therefrom, said flanges being-adapted to be bent over around the edges 11- a of the channel irons l and 2, thereby rigidly connecting the irons 1 and 2 together. i

A seriesof plaster boardsi4, are disposed' between the vertical irons, one edge of a board being disposed within the channel formed in one face of an iron, and the opposite edge of the board bearing against the smooth face of the next iron. Clips 5, are provided at intervals along each channel iron, said clips comprising Va sheet metal structure, shown in Fig. 6, havingv flanges, 5? adapted to be bent over and around the edges la of the channel irons. Extending from the opposite face of the clip are flanges 5b 5b and between these flanges is disposed theedgeof the board.

As many .of these clips asv may be needed may be placed along the height of the irons, and in the partition as shown in Fig. 1, I have provided one clip at each meeting point of the boards and one centrally of each board, but more or less may be placed as required. It is preferable that a small space 4a be left between the bottom and top edges of adjacent boardsso that -plaster may form a key therebetween.

In the form of m'y invention shown in Fig. 7, instead of providing several relatively small clips to each board I have provided one continuous clip of the length of the board, so that a practically continuous channel is formed for the reception of the boards.

In assembling a wall or partition made in accordance with my invention, I attach to one edge of each plaster board one or more of my clips. I then place the other edge of the board in the channel formed in one face of a channel iron and bring the board into position between the irons. The iianges 5a ofthe clips are now bent over to engage the edges of the next channel iron and the board is permanently in place. Such other clips as may be needed can then be placed in position. Plaster is thereupon placed on botti Vsides of the boards, interlocks by means ci' the slots 4a, and covers the channel irons forming a mshed wall or partition. x u It will thus be seen that I have provided now in use no provision has been made for utilizing the space of the channel irons` to holdthe plaster board, due to the fact that there was no way by which the board could be held by the smooth face of one channel iron. But with my improved construction this space is used and my clip forms a ready and useful means for holding the edge of the board against the smooth face of one iron.

Havingithus described my invention what .I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent ,is

1. A wall or partition structure comprising a series of spaced vertical channel irons; horizontal. end channel irons; clips adapted to connect each'vertical iron to the horizontal irons; plaster boards vbetween said irons, and other clips between the edges of said `boards and the vertical irons, each of said clips having flanges adapted to embrace and to be bent into engagement with the flanges of said channel irons.

2. A wall or partition structure comprising a series of spaced vertical channel irons; horizontal end channel irons; clips adapted to connect each vertical iron to the horizontal irons; plaster boards between said irons, one edge of each board being disposed in the channeled face of one adjacent vertical iron, and the other edge being engaged by a supporting clip, adapted to abut the smooth face of the succeeding' channel iron and engage the same.l

3. A wall or partition structure comprising a series of spaced vertical channel irons; horizontal end channel irons; clips connecting. j said vertical and horizontal irons,

, said clips comprising an integral structure formed in two right-angled sections, one of said sections being adapted to engage a vertical ironV and the other of said sections a horizontal iron. f'

LA wall or partition structure comprising a series of spaced vertical channel irons; horizontal end channel irons; clips connecting said vertical and'horizontal irons, said clips comprising an integral structure of sheet material formed into two rightangle sections, each section having two parallel offset flanges adapted to surround and engage the lianges of the iron.

5. A wall or partition structure comprising a series of spaced vertical channel irons; plaster boards between said irons, one edge of each board being disposed within the channel of one adjoining iron, and the opposite edge of said board abutting and being detachably connected to the smooth face of the succeeding iron.

6. A wall or partition structure comprising a series of spaced vertical channel irons; plaster boards between said irons, one edge of each board being disposed within the channel of one adjoining iron, and the oposite edge of said board carrying a clip a apted to abut the smooth face of the succeeding iron and engage the flanges thereof.

7. A wall or partition structure comprising a series of spaced vertical channel irons; plaster boards between said irons, one edge of each board being disposed within the channel of one adjoining iron, and the opposite edge of said board being engaged by a clip, said clip lying adjacent the smooth face of the succeeding iron and having two offset parallel projections engaging the flanges of the iron.

8. A wall or partition structure, comprising a series of spaced vertical channel irons; plaster boards therebetween, one edge of each board being disposed within the channel of one adjoining iron; and clips adapted to support the opposite edge of each board, said clips comprising an integral structure having a flat body portion adapted to lie adjacent the smooth face of the irons, a'plurality of parallel flanges at right-angles to said body portion adapted to receive the edge of the plaster board therebetween, and a plurality of other right-angle flanges projecting in the opposite direction and adapted to be bent to embrace and engage the angesfof the iron.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

ROBERT I. ALLSWORTI-I. 

